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Career Opportunity: Associate Dean for Extension, Families, Youth and Communities

 

University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Associate Dean for Extension, Families, Youth and Communities

Location: Gainesville, FL

The Associate Dean Serves provides vision and leadership for comprehensive state Extension education programs that address critical issues for Florida’s diverse clientele in relation to family, youth, and community development. This is a state with an expanding and increasingly diverse human population, and continued urbanization, along with highly rural and agricultural areas.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

Earned doctorate (foreign equivalent acceptable) in a field relevant to Youth Development, Family and Consumer Sciences or Community Resource Development areas, and/or Public Health

Proven record of Extension leadership and must be eligible for tenure at the associate or full professor rank

Strong working knowledge of current Youth Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Community Resource Development and public health issues in the world, US and Florida

Experience and demonstrated effectiveness in leadership, as well as development, delivery, and evaluation of Extension programs that meet the needs of a target audience and create measurable impacts

For more information or to apply, click here.

View the UF/IFAS Extension Overview Booklet

Position closes June 5, 2023

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The Extension Foundation was formed in 2006 by Extension Directors and Administrators. Today, the Foundation partners with Cooperative Extension through liaison roles and a formal plan of work with the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) to increase system capacity while providing programmatic services, and helping Extension programs scale and investigate new methods and models for implementing programs. The Foundation provides professional development to Cooperative Extension professionals and offers exclusive services to its members. In 2020 and 2021, the Extension Foundation has awarded 85% of its direct funding back to the Cooperative Extension System, 100% of funds are used to support Cooperative Extension initiatives. 

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